Exterior view of California State Normal School, Grand Avenue and 5th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900

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Title Exterior view of California State Normal School, Grand Avenue and 5th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900

Description Photograph of exterior view of California State Normal School, Grand Avenue and 5th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900. The expansive three-story building can be seen at center. A clock tower can be seen towards the left, while a second tower can be seen at right. Arched windows or openings can be seen throughout the building. Trees are visible in front of the building along the street, while smaller buildings can be seen at right. A sign reading "State Normal School" is visible on the clock tower. The building opened in 1881 and was removed in 1922. It was later the site of the city library.

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject California State Normal School (subject), Los Angeles -- Schools -- Colleges & Universities -- State Normal School (file heading), Schools (lcsh), Universities and colleges (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Grand Avenue & 5th Street (roadways), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4629

Identifier 124 (accession number), CHS-124 (call number), CHS-124 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5000 (legacy record id), chs-m4629 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-4726 (legacy record id), 1-18-3 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5000

Unique identifier UC127482

Legacy Identifier CHS-124.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.9 in × 17.8 in at 300dpi
58.3 cm × 45.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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